placenamesDromkeen
Drom Caoin
Lewis’s account distinguishes the old church’s memorial from the church built in 1831.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Drom Caoin · Irish · main form · validated name
- Dromkeen · English · main form
Place & story
The repair dated 1717
In 1837 Samuel Lewis recorded a tablet in Dromkeen’s old church walls commemorating repairs in 1717 by the Reverend Richard Burgh, whom he identified as Bishop of Ardagh. The church had served as a burial place for the Burgh family. Lewis placed it near the remains of the family’s former mansion. His account separately dates the newer parish church to 1831, so the tablet’s 1717 date concerns a repair to the earlier building, rather than construction of its successor. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Limerick
- Barony
- Clanwilliam
- Coordinates
- 52.57610, -8.40634
- Mapped area
- 3.43 km²
- Logainm ID
- 1538 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Dromkeen. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Dromkeen: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.